Bi Nguyen signs with One Championship: ‘Killer Bee’ becomes latest sensation to join fast-expanding promotion

“I’m ready to represent America and Vietnam well. LETSGO,” the fighter posted.

The Vietnamese-American first announced the move overnight via social media and she will now enter One’s atomweight division, currently ruled by Angela “Unstoppable” Lee (9-0), the biggest MMA star there is in Asia.

Nguyen’s move follows the signings to the Singapore-based organisation of former UFC stars in ex-flyweight champion Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson (27-3-1), former lightweight champ Eddie “The Underground King” Alvarez (29-6, one no contest) and emerging lightweight-welterweight talent Sage “Super” Northcutt (11-2).

One has also recently signed veteran Korean-Japanese welterweight Yoshihiro “Sexyama” Akiyama (14-6, two no contests), while former UFC bantamweight champion Miesha Tate has joined the organisation as vice-president.

While Nguyen might lack the in-cage experience of those fighters – with a professional record of 4-3 – the 29-year-old has built up a huge international fan base thanks to her appearances on the 37th series edition of the popular American reality TV show Survivor, titled “David versus Goliath”.

A knee injury limited Nguyen’s role to just four episodes of the show but already by then she had established herself as a star, with fans captivated by the fighter’s backstory.